But just witnessing the Resurrection is not enough, and is not the goal, what comes after is equally important
Accepting the light, the love and life of God, is an invitation and a challenge. Accepting or rejecting new life is our choice
For without the Resurrection, there is nothing more senseless in the heavens or under the heavens than the present world; nor is there greater despair than this life without immortality
Thousands of miles away from the safe parishes of the United States, I sensed that I had been instrumental in bringing Pascha to exactly the place where it was the most “needed.”
How should I conduct myself at Pascha? I try to become the Gospel, to become the word so that people may read me and live
The state of death for body and soul to separate is not natural for us. Our original form of existing is not only spiritual. We were created as body and soul and our physical form of existing is not ...
Pascha is not some beautiful legend, not some theoretical theology and not a nod towards a popular custom established in the distant past. It is the essence and kernel of Christianity
Of course, just because everyone is invited to the Feast doesn’t mean that everyone is going to show up. And, in a twisted, grim sort of way, that should reassure all of our fundamentalist brothers ...
